What are your thoughts on Texhnolyze?

YOSHII DID NOTHING WRONG

konaka sure is redpilled

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Why?

Yoshii is a miracle of the universe.

Reki should be on there somewhere.

who or what was yoshii though?

The man of men.

Extreme pleb filter in the first episodes
The best last episode I've seen
Pretty great when you get used to it and there isn't anything similar to it in anime

well there is shigurui

I haven't seen it, but I assume it doesn't have that suburban slav dystopia atmosphere Texhnolyze has

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>That faggot that was getting molested by his boss and father did though. Same with the cuck.

are you referin to Ichise? I remember the boss but don't remember the father.

He's referring to Toyama, and I think the cuck is Shinji.

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You mean Toyama. He appeared to be happy when he died though, not sure what user meant by "deserving his fate" since he got to fight Ichise in the end.

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Atelier BWCA actually worked on Shigurui as well so the backgrounds are just as gorgeous and atmospheric, but yeah, it's not quite as intriguing as Lux or the surface world.

That being said though, Hamasaki's style is even more intense and the story's just as bleak.

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Shigurui does has a somewhat similar atmosphere and/or tone even though it's set in feudal Japan. I feel like they're going for different things though. Texh is more philosophical, Shigurui is more a dark vision of the past and would be pulpy if it wasn't executed with such glacial pacing and such a dark tone.

Super comfy ending/10

Once I was tasked to check the OCR of the subs of that show.

Shortest OCR check ever.

The world above sure was a trip

Best thing in the medium I've watched excluding movies.

The eight deadly words.

A Gamer who Rose Up

It sure did it's job well of crushing all hope in my heart.

Explain 21 to me without spoiling the final episode

Hamasaki really is a great director.

The part I didn't get was the shit that happened between the people on the surface and the people that were sent underground. And what were the ghost people?

Shigurui trades hopelessness for more edge.

>there isn't anything similar to it in anime
Wolf's Rain is pretty much just worse, shittier Texhnolyze for young teenagers and furfags
Even has that run-down suburban dystopia atmosphere too.
And a similar hopeless soulcrushing ending

>And a similar hopeless soulcrushing ending

I wouldn't call it soul crushing since they were all reborn in the end.

It's soul crushing in the sense that Paradise isn't the real, tangible place they wanted to go to and just a hard reset for the world. The ending basically says they're reborn, humanity's always going to be in a state of self-destruction again, the main characters will have ideas to flee to Paradise and live happily ever after only to die and reset the world over and over again and never learn. It's a cycle of despair

what said, but on top of it, even if there wasn't that concept of infinite circular doom, it would still be pretty depressing. "Reborn" means fucking nothing when they lost all memory. They died, period. The people we followed through Wolf's Rain all died. The reborn versions might as well be completely different people.

I genuinely loved Wolf's Rain and would recommend. Texhnolyze is superior, but it's also a lot more depressing throughout the entire run.

Been a while so I might be missing some stuff but Ran used the Obelisk to transfer her visions to all the humans in Lux hoping to unite them all against Kano but instead it just drove them insane. Onishii finds his secretary after she's been gangraped and saves her, then goes to the Obelisk to speak to Ran while Shinji drives to the Class's hill and gives them what they deserve, but gets shot in the back while he's busy shooting Class clone baby things? I'm not quite sure what they were honestly.

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I found it slow, boring, ugly, depressing and pointless. I know it's loved around here but I dunno maybe it's better on the rewatch or something.

I hated Wolf's Rain. It's the kind of show a Nine Inch Nails or My Chemical Romance fan would enjoy. Texhnolyze is for people who dig for fun conspiracy information and other redpills, like how the Nephilim are trapped in Antarctica.

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Haibane Renmei was better

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Haibane renmei is better than almost anything.

Haibane Renmei is the only show I consider better than Texhnolyze, they're both perfect.

Why people try so hard to make one better than the other? They are siblings, no enemies.

>As usual, everyone talking about the plot
>The thing which makes Texhnolyze godlike is actually the directing/story-boarding

Not only is it unique and creative, the unique things used (esp. the emphasis on physicality, first person POV) complement the themes.

I appreciate the directing and visual design of Texhnolyze but honestly I lack the education or knowledge to be able to actually talk about it. I do remember a thread a while back where a guy translated the text Ichise sees after being texhnolyzed though, that was really interesting.

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I don't think you need a cinema degree to discuss it or anything. People wank over Anno mimicking fish eye lens to no end, so at least give Hamasaki his due.

I mention it because people always call the first episode "pleb filter" or w/e. The first episode is the episode I personally re-watch the most. The sound design, for example, is soooo good and really pulls the shots together. Everything feels so physical and alive and it's an amazing setup for the texhnolyzed POV later on.

Fuck now I'm gonna have to rewatch the first ep again

It's also a completely different show with a completely different atmosphere

>Yoishi
I'm just glad she made your list.

I played her VN and bought all of her books. [spoiler[Now if only I could read them.[/spoiler]

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All of these threads never really talk about themes. Really what was the point of it? That apathy is bad for humanity? Is it that generic? I don't get it

>episode 4
>Ichise is raped again by a second woman
Is this the only anime where a male character is forced to have sex with crazy women?

Shinji turned cucking into philosophy.

Personally I don't give a shit about themes and messages in anime. Maybe I'm a brainlet and I don't "get it" but I simply enjoy the atmosphere, plot, dialogue, cinematography.
Texhnolyze is in my top 10 for its atmosphere, sound design and story telling style.

Didn't like it. Seemed like something I should have liked but it just never got me interested. None of the characters appealed to me and the setting was pretty drab for what's considered a cyberpunk series. It only really started getting interesting for me when they were going to the surface but that's such a small part of the series that it doesn't make up for the rest of it imo. Least favorite Abe project and one of my least favorite anime in general.

I agree that the sound design is good though. And I like the opening.

Texhnolyze actually has more than two characters.

Does Ichise really like sex? I'm entirely unsure about this.

The above-surface episodes are the sickest shit I've ever seen in anime.

Onishi is an amazing character too.

>is it that generic?
It's the execution that gives the value of a message, not the message itself.

Lain > Haibane > Tex

>Texhnolyze
>"characters"

I'd have to rewatch it again to really have a fresh opinion, but my takeaway was that, in the end,the series is a challenge against the utopian idea of humanity "evolving" or even advancing to a "superior" form of existence.

Whether its texhnolyzation, the extreme events of the ending, or even the subdued "utopia" of the above-ground, the show describes with vivid detail how these "advancements" are alienating and symbolically more akin to a death from old age than a rebirth.
Of course, it's not a 1-dimensional moral lesson or anything. We obviously see the final texhnloyzed humans as abominations, but is that simply because we hold onto our humanity while they have surpassed it? What's so depressing about the ending is the sense that human values and emotions (the kind of things which triumph in a "good" ending) have not only been defeated, but, more importantly, been left behind.

Why does Ran look like Kagura from Gintama?

I think I like Haibane the least but all three are must watch

It seemed like he didn’t at all, too much PTSD to be able to feel something.

Not to mention that if you have experience with drugs it really expands the experience as it might bring flashbacks to what you might have experienced under the influence of such drugs.

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Why Ichise started the fight? Back in the ally when Onishi and the leader of the Union were trying to stop the gang war?
Also, Yoshii is an ass.